Regarding "Should charters and ISDs share more? (Page A15, July 28), why doesn't HISD make all schools as "excellent and desired" as the magnet schools and the charter schools? If they accomplished that feat, then all students would get a quality education in their own neighborhoods. They would have the same opportunity as everyone else.

All students would be treated equally and fairly. All students would be able to excel to the best of their ability.

Many students would be able to walk or ride their bikes to school. The neighbors would know the local students. The neighbors would feel like they have an investment in their local schools.

Mary Morstead, Montgomery

A way of life

Regarding "Voting wrongs" editorial (Page A16, Thursday), I find it difficult to believe that anyone can function in today's society without some means to identify one's self. An ID is required to rent an apartment, buy a house, apply for welfare, open a bank account, cash a check and even apply for Obamacare.

This ranting that IDs restrict voting rights is nonsense.

Richard Williams, Katy

Trump's support

Regarding "Will Trump exceed the fitness threshold?" (Page A17, Friday), Charles Krauthammer explains that Donald Trump's primary wins validated his candidacy to many in the Republican orthodoxy, which is why they endorsed him.

This might have been an excuse earlier, but now that everyone realizes he is never going to act like a president, or any type of political leader, what's their excuse?

The GOP establishment needs to grow a spine and clearly repudiate a man who stands for nothing, and, with every speech and tweet, exemplifies the know-nothing, punch-in-the-face attitude of an overly surly teenager.

Bob Gayle, Houston

Housing choices

Regarding "Tensions rise over housing plan" (Page A1, Wednesday), it seems the Department of Housing and Urban Development wants to have low-income housing in every area and equal distribution of ethnicities in every block. Doing this infringes on the rights of individuals who work hard to make and keep their own neighborhoods pleasant places in which to live.

Does HUD have the right to place low-income housing in River Oaks? The answer is yes, if nothing is done to stop it. Housing should be under the jurisdiction of state and local governments.

M. Thomas, Houston

The drug trade

Regarding "Maps that explain the world's drug trade" (Chron.com, Thursday), it's funny they know where it's coming from, when it arrives, where it's off-loaded and how it's transported through Mexico and into the states. They know where it travels in the United States and even have a rundown on how price inflation is across the map. Yet, they can't stop them.